Rebel minister is left with a headache by ‘cabernet’ reshuffle

Justine Greening suggested that she had little appetite for the job of International Development Secretary during reshuffle conversations with the Prime Minister and his aides on Tuesday.

News of this latest dispute came as David Cameron and Nick Clegg faced growing outrage over their decision to give knighthoods and other honours to MPs who lost jobs in the reshuffle. Three sources told The Times that Ms Greening questioned the work of the department and its budget during turbulent exchanges. She spent an hour in Downing Street on the day of the reshuffle, although Mr Cameron’s office emphasised that only a small part of this time was with the Prime Minister.

Downing Street would not discuss the content of the conversation, but said that “in the…